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Integration Policy at a Regional Level in Germany

Since 2007 there has been a comprehensive battery of measures at the federal level aimed at integrating immigrants and their descendants: the "National Integration Plan". Since just under one fifth of the foreign population in Germany lives in one of the country´s six biggest cities, and since there is tremendous leeway at city level in terms of implementing the regulations contained in the National Integration Plan, the present policy brief examines and describes the various concepts and measures for integrating foreign citizens in Germany´s six biggest cities: Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt and Stuttgart. (Published 4/2008)

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Introduction

In the period between 1987 and 2001, Germany took in more immigrants in absolute terms than the classic immigration countries of Australia and Canada put together. However, for political reasons the…

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The demographic situation in the cities

Population structures and economic conditions in the six biggest German cities vary greatly.The largest city, Berlin, has more than five times as many inhabitants as Stuttgart and almost twice as many…

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The influence of economic conditions

In addition to the demographic differences described above, the cities also demonstrate very different economic circumstances. These determine a city's potential for economic integration in two ways.…

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On the integration of foreigners in the labour market

The placement of foreigners in the labour markets of each respective city is illustrated below by means of selected indicators. If we compare the percentages of foreign workers in the labour markets…

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Regional integration policy: the case in Stuttgart

As the observations in the above section have demonstrated, there are considerable differences between the major German cities concerning the integration of foreigners in the labour market. The need…

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Regional integration measures

Over the course of the past few years, all the cities studied in this report, with the exception of Cologne, have developed and implemented their own integration concept tailored to the specific…

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Evaluation of integration policy

The transparency concerning the integration policy's objectives and measures brought about by publicising the concepts is one advantage that should not be underestimated. By providing full information…

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Outlook

Since the necessity for a targeted, catch-up integration policy has been recognised by all political decision-makers, a battery of integration policy measures and initiatives has been developed and…

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References and Further Reading

Here you can find a list of references as well as further reading for the Policy Brief "Integration Policy at a Regional Level in Germany" by Andreas Damelang and Max Steinhardt.